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No. 795,093 PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.-

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SZPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,093, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed November 4 1904. Serial No. 231,411. i

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Be it known that I, AMoUs F. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alberta, in the parish of Bienville, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hair-pins, and has for its object to provide a hair-pin which when placed in the hair will be prevented from coming accidentally disengaged therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials may be used Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing forming a portion of this specification there is shown a perspective view of the present invention.

Referring now to the drawing, there is shown a hair-pin including spaced legs 5 and 6 and a connecting-bight 7. Engaged in the 'bight and extending laterally therefrom there is an eye 8. A spring member 9 is provided, which is formed from a piece of wire bent into a loop 10 intermediate of its ends, and this loop is engaged with the eye 8. Beyond the loop 10 the portions of the wire are bent outwardly from the legs 5 and 6 and then inwardly in arc shape and extend in the direction of the free ends of the legs, so that there are formed spaced spring members 11 and 12, the space between the members being greatest at their centers. At their free ends these two members are brought together and are engaged in a perforation 13 in a cross-piece 14, having other perforations 15 in its ends, in which the freeends of the legs 5 and 6 are removably engaged.

In use when it is desired to place the hairpin in the hair the spring members 11 and 12, which, as stated, are arched away from the legs 5 and 6, are pressed toward these legs, which disengage the cross piece 14 from the ends of the legs, as will be readily understood, the length of the members 11 and 12 being greater than the distance between the eye 8 and the free ends of the legs. After the pin is engaged in the hair the crosspiece 14 is again engaged with the legs, thus preventing accidental displacement of the device. When the spring members are pressed, as described above, they not only move at their centers toward the legs of the pin, but they also move laterally away from each other, as will be easily seen, and this lateral movement prevents the members from being forced through the perforation 13.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising spaced legs and a connecting-bight, an arc-shaped spring member secured at one end to the bight to prevent bodily movement of the member longitudinally of the legs, and a cross-piece engaged with the remaining end of the spring member and arranged for engagement with the free ends of the legs, the length of said spring member being greater than the distance between its point of connection with the bight and the free ends of the legs, said spring member being disposed with its concaved surface directed toward the legs.

2. A device of the class described comprising spaced legs and a connecting-bight, an eye engaged in the bight, a spring member comprising arc-shaped members and a connectingloop, said loop being snugly engaged in the eye, said arc-shaped members being disposed with their concavities directed toward the spaced legs, and a cross-piece engaged with the free ends of the arc-shaped members and having perforations therein in which the free ends of the spaced legs are removably engaged, said arc-shaped members being of greater length than the distance between the eye and the free ends of the spaced legs, said arc-shaped members being adapted for movement of their central portions in the direction of the spaced legs to disengage the crosspiece from the spaced legs. 4

3. As an article of manufacture, a hair-pin comprising spaced legs and a connectingbight, an eye engaged in the bight and projecting laterally therefrom, a spring-wire havwire and having perforations therein in which the free ends of the legs are removably en gaged.

4. The combination with a hair-pin including spaced legs and a connecting-bight, of a spring memberconnected at one end to the bight, said member including spaced areshaped members, the space between the members being greatest at the centers of the members, and a plate having a central perforation therein in which the ends of the members opposite to their points of connection with the bight are engaged, said plate having perforations in which the outer ends of the legs of the pin are removably engaged, said members being disposed with their concaved surfaces directed toward the legs of the pin, and being of greater length than the distance between their point of connection with the bight and theouter ends of the legs of the pin.-

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

AMQUS F. BAKER. lVit-nesses:

J. W. LUCKY, G. J. LUCKY. 

